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- Pierre, a successful orchestra conductor, returns home when his mother dies. He stumbles upon an old diary and recollects the childhood school memories and his music teacher Clement Mathieu.
- A chorus girl falls in love with a wealthy young man, but their relationship is jeopardized by her mother's fears about the reaction of his family.
- A new musical company in Brazil is looking for young people who can sing and perform and they apply to the auditions from all over the country in search for success. This is a story of hardships and friendships on the road to fame.
- A deaf old man wearing a hearing aid is walking in the streets of Rasht. When the surroundings get too noisy, he turns off his sound. Unfortunately, when he returns home, he can't hear his granddaughter ringing the doorbell.
- The plot follows a few stories, first one being about Shiki looking after a cat Mikiya left her. Second story covers a much more grim topic of suicide and dealing with loss. Last story revolves around a New Year's celebration and wishes.
- Ex-King Alfred VII is a young, handsome, and charming erstwhile monarch who once ruled a nation of two million people. Now all he has left are his Count Humbert and Duchess Anna, along with enough money to live an idle life in Paris with dozens of servants. He hasn't seen daylight in years; he prefers instead to drink himself into a stupor regularly. He's phenomenally bored, and a routine trip to a tedious cabaret finds a chorus girl flirting with him. He calls her to his apartment, apparently to seduce her as he's done many times before, but when she comes, he's passed out. Her outrage gives Humbert and Anna the idea that might bring Alfred out of his unhappy ennui - tell him she didn't come, and have her act as though he weren't so important after all. He of course pursues her with vigor and is snapped out of his apathy. But what happens if she falls in love with him?
- John Trimble has embezzled and obtains another identity by having a mutilated body buried in his place. He is later arrested for murdering himself. During the trial his mother, before dying from shock, asks him to keep his identity secret since his wife is now married to the Governor and expecting a child.
- The story of the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus is one of courage and true grit - a vivid chronicle that celebrates the human spirit. This is the triumphant story of the original 17 members of the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus who survived World War II as a musical ensemble. The film brings out the deepest roots of a fragile tradition, celebrating the resiliency of a music culture that has survived centuries. (musicofsurvival.com)
- After years of living with only one another, twin sisters Juliette and Beatrice long for something new. One morning, a lonely traveling salesman, Zeb Ebelbu, appears on their doorstep. He seduces both sisters, unwittingly giving life to long buried resentments. Set in a surreal world, this tale is an unexpected twist on the conventions of "once upon a time."
- When, on a prank, shimmy dancer Marcia Meadows visits bookworm Horace Tarbox in his Yale dormitory, Horace falls madly in love and follows her to New York, where they marry. Denounced by his wealthy father, Horace attempts to support Marcia through his writing, but all his manuscripts are rejected, and he is fired from every job. Marcia continues her dancing, and one night, Horace is soundly thrashed while trying to protect her from a fervent admirer. The incident forces Horace to take up athletics, and he is offered a job as a vaudeville trapeze artist. Marcia has a baby and for amusement writes a dictionary of slang. The book is published, Marcia becomes famous, and Horace's father forgives his son.
- A young widow is compelled because of her poverty to leave her only child, a little daughter, at a charitable institution, while she hunts for work. The child, punished because of some minor infraction of the rules, runs away, and takes refuge with a kindly old couple, who being childless, welcome and finally adopt her. In the meantime the mother receives word from the asylum authorities that the little one has been lost and that everything indicates that she was drowned. The mother, alone in the world, has just secured a position in the chorus of a musical show, and tries to drown her sorrows in a life of gaiety. Ten years later, a theatrical manager who stops by chance at a farmhouse, is charmed by the voice and beauty of a young girl he sees there. He offers her an engagement in one of his attractions, and the girl, dazzled by the thought of a life on the stage, gladly consents, and later appears in the city. The mother is a member of the same chorus, and at first laughs at the new member of the cast and her shy country ways. She and the other girls induce the newcomer to attend a dinner which some men about town are giving, and laugh at her prim, high-necked dress. On a sudden inspiration the mother offers to rearrange the girl's attire so that she will not look so "old fashioned." Deftly she removes the yoke of the dress, and for the first time sees a scar on the girl's shoulder. A recollection of the fact that her own child was scalded on that same shoulder years before flashes through her brain. A few questions establish that her belief is correct. The mother recognizes the daughter, but the girl does not know her. The mother's first thought is to save her daughter from treading the path she has followed. She induces her not to attend the dinner, and after the others have gone on jeeringly she paints to the frightened, innocent, country-bred child the pitfalls and dangers of a life in the chorus. She proves to her that she will be far happier with the people who have been so kind to her, and leads the girl back to her foster parents. But the mother does not reveal her identity. She considers that she is not worthy to associate with the innocent young woman, and decides that it is her duty to disappear as soon as she has placed her in safety. She creeps into the girl's room at night, places a farewell message on her pillow, kisses her softly and steals out into the night alone, determined to lead a new life and in time become worthy to reveal herself to the daughter she had lost, but found again
- A chorus girl falls for a young man pretending to be his boss, a millionaire. WHen his boss returns from a European trip and finds that the woman he loves is engaged to his secretary, complications ensue.
- Popeye and Bluto pass by Olive's blacksmith shop and are smitten. Olive needs help, and of course, both of the boys offer, and demonstrate their prowess at blacksmithing.
- A freshman named He Yiming in a university who has experienced paranoid-like suffering from the participation in a chorus competition during his young age attempts to return to the stage of another chorus. He meets a girl named Wu Tingting who has grown up with him at the beginning of rehearsal. Meanwhile, with the deterioration of his illness, the inside darkness of hidden past that He Yiming tries to forget is gradually awakening. The boy and the girl will confront a chorus that can't be denied.
- Part covid diary, part meditation on the new dawn as we emerge from a year of uncertainty and tumult, The Dawn Chorus is a global film project consisting of cinematic and contemplative scenes of dawn captured on May 3, 2020 - International Dawn Chorus Day - from all over the globe weaved together into a lyrical meditation on the first light and sounds of the day. All scenes were captured safely by professional and amateur filmmakers and sound recordists from their unique vantage point while on lockdown. The film pieces together footage of the dawn of May 3, 2020 into a singular experience as a metaphor for hope as we pause and contemplate the version of ourselves and the world we will bring forward as the dawn breaks on this trying time.
- Examining the translation of poetry told as a kind of endless hide-and-seek with beauty, this film is following three virtuoso literary translators who take on the challenge of recreating poetry in another language, here French.
- Patricia O'Brien, a chorus girl, plans to marry Dan Mallory, but a fire in Dan's stables blinds his prize filly, Lady Belle, and forces him to postpone the wedding. Pat returns to New York with her sister, Nora, and the girls find work in the Follies. In spite of Lady Belle's blindness, Dan enters her in a race, and she wins $20,000. When he arrives in New York to give Patricia the good news, he discovers that she has gone to the apartment of Dick Crawford, a notorious gambler and philanderer. Dan goes to find Patricia and, through a misunderstanding, believes that she is having an affair with Crawford. Dan and Patricia are reconciled, however, when he discovers that she went to Crawford's apartment only to look for Nora, who had become involved with the gambler. Dan and Patricia are soon married.
- Henriette lives only for the theatre. Her grandfather has no patience with this. He's a theatre prompter and knows all the hype. Her friend Liesbeth is heartbroken because the revue star Vera is hitting up on her boyfriend.
- Episode: (2017)2010– 19mTV EpisodeStyx refuses to disavow anyone just because he disagrees with him; and he refuses to represent any ideology or group.
- The Chorus (2018) by Dan Starling This cinematic artwork addresses the decline and eventual dismissal of the chorus of ancient Greece from epic drama.
- A Salvation Army lassie is trying to convince two chorus girls to stop smoking and drinking. Soon one of the chorus girls becomes annoyed and chases the Salvation Army lassie away.
- The Chorus of Westerly is one of the most unique singing groups in the United States. It is the only Chorus where 8 year olds can sing alongside adults and perform the masterworks of classical music. This is the story of the founding of this singing family and how after 53 years the baton was passed by founding Music Director George Kent to Andrew Howell, a young man who grew up in the Chorus of Westerly under Kent, who now presides over this Chorus of nearly 200 all volunteer singers. Mostly Music tells the story of the Chorus at home in Westerly, Rhode Island, at a very special yearly music camp in New Hampshire as well as chronicles four international tours to England, Austria, The Czech Republic and Italy. The film follows Howell as he trains the singers from an early age and brings them through a season of classical performances, a unique 'celebration of Twelfth Night' and a 'Summer Pops' performance held annually attracting 20,000 spectators with Grucci Fireworks and Artillery. Wonderful music selections grace this documentary from Bach to Tchaikovshy all performed by the Chorus and Festival Orchestra. This film follows not only the story of Kent and Howell, but also of a family that has three generations singing together as well as six children all under the age of 13 showing the audience how much of a profound impact the music and training has had on their lives. Don't miss out on one of the greatest organizations in the world, in a small seaside town.
- The singer Pasha's quiet evening together with her 'fan' Kolpakov is interrupted by a mysterious visitor, who soon is revealed as Kolpakov's wife. She insults Pasha and demand her to return all the gifts she has received.
- Cutey Wally Van tries to make an impression on a couple of chorus girls. He attends the burlesque show with his friends, Billy Hughie Mack and Johnny Harry Lambart . When the chorus appears, his eyes light upon Dolly Lillian Walker and Kitty Leah Baird, with whom he tries to flirt. Flora Scrawny Flora Finch mistakes Cutey's efforts as being directed to her. He hastens around to the stage door with a bouquet of flowers, tries to present them to Kitty, and when she will not accept them, he offers them to Dolly. Flora appears and takes it for granted that he is waiting for her. Cutey tries to make her understand that she is not in it. He sends a diamond ring with a bouquet of flowers to Dolly. Flora Is disappointed that he had not sent them to her. Dolly consoles Flora by telling her she does not care for Cutey, and she will reply to the letter, saying that she and Kitty will be there to dinner, but Flora can go and meet him herself. Cutey goes to the restaurant and waits patiently for their coming. Billy and Johnny hire a sandwich man of gigantic size to impersonate Flora's brother. While Cutey is waiting for the party Flora slips into the restaurant and takes a seat at his table. He becomes impatient and determines to have something to eat himself. When he reaches his table he finds Flora sitting there. He is completely upset and loses his appetite at once. Flora, Kitty, Johnny, Billy and the sandwich man reach the restaurant just as Cutey is about to take a quiet little sneak. The sandwich man takes a seat at the table and threatens to chastise Cutey if be does not make himself agreeable and make good his attentions to his injured "sister." Flora and Kitty, Johnny and Billy, who have been dining at another table, come over and congratulate Cutey upon his engagement to Miss Flora, and under the scowling and threatening eyes of the big "brother," Cutey is obliged to escort Flora to her home.
- After dancer Florence Maddis marries Ross Van Beekman, son of an aristocratic New York family, her friends predict that the union will not be successful, but she manages to fit into the family circle and has no desire to return to Broadway. Her mother-in-law disapproves of her, however, and persuaded by Ned Ormsby, one of Flo's admirers, she arranges for Flo to appear flirtatious. When Ross suspects Flo of harboring Ormsby, he fires a pistol at her closet; and since Ormsby is found shot in his house, Ross confesses, believing himself guilty, while Flo returns to the Winter Palace. Ross is freed, however, when Maddox, an enemy of Ormsby's, confesses to the crime, and Flo is happily reconciled with the family and Ross.
- The People's Chorus follows a unique choral event - a day in which 800 members of the public came together to rehearse and perform Thomas Tallis' 'Spem in Alium'.
- Patricia O'Brien, known as "Pat" the "Chorus Lady,' is a keen-witted, clean-lived young girl easily holding her own amid the temptations incident to her profession. She is engaged to marry "Danny" Mallory, a young detective, whose great ambition is to own a farm, marry Pat and leave the bright lights forever. Pat has a younger sister, Nora, whose yielding and idealistic natures Pat knows and she keeps her working in a country store "a million miles from Broadway," under the guardianship of a strict old woman. Nora, stage-struck and envious of Pat, leaves the store and turns up at the theater when Pat is rehearsing. Nora announces that she is going on the stage in spite of Pat's protests. Crawford, a young man-about-town, who is backing the show, struck by Nora's beauty and youth, gives her a position in the company. Crawford plies Nora with attention until she falls in love with him and Pat in her efforts to open Nora's eyes as to Crawford's true character, only succeeds in antagonizing her. Realizing that she cannot convince Nora or control her for long Pat begins a flirtation with Crawford. Nora fights bitterly to hold him. Danny becomes jealous and refuses to believe Pat when she explains that she is flirting with Crawford in an effort to disillusion Nora. At the dress rehearsal of the play in which Pat and Nora are to appear the star sends word that she is ill. Pat is given the chance to play the part. Knowing that Pat cannot leave the theater, Nora leaves a note that she is going to Crawford and slips home to pack. Pat, half-dressed to go on, finds the note, gives up her great opportunity, wraps herself in a cloak and in a cab hurries to Crawford's apartment. She arrives at Crawford's apartment first and leads Crawford into a declaration of love just as Nora appears. Pat demands that Crawford choose between them. Crawford chooses Pat. In the meantime Danny has been sent to get divorce evidence for Crawford's wife. They break into Crawford's rooms and Danny finds the woman to be his own girl. In the stormy scene that follows Pat's borrowed cloak slips from her shoulders revealing her in her underwear. With all evidence against her Pat is unable to establish her innocence. Danny cannot believe her innocent, but makes up his mind never to appear against her. Nora and the detective go, leaving Pat alone with Crawford. She promptly tells Crawford what she really thinks of him and he dismisses her from the company and orders her out of his rooms. Danny resigns his job rather than appear against Pat and the divorce suit never comes to court. Pat, out of a job, is unable to find another engagement and is about to be turned out of her boarding house when Nora, convinced of Pat's loyalty, telephones Danny and tells him the truth. Danny gets his farm and they all go to it, taking along as helper, "Bobs," the young assistant stage-manager, who cherishes an honest passion for Nora.
- An affianced dancer takes the blame for her sister's indiscretion.
- Living happily in the same rooming house, Jean Desias and Etien Toussot are disturbed by the news of war. They must return to France to fight for their country. Lizette and Francois, Jean's motherless children, are left in the care of Helen, Etien's daughter. Together with Jimmy, a fireman, rooming in the same house, Helen bids farewell to the two patriots at the steamer's dock. On the way home Helen's purse is stolen and all the money left her to tide over the stormy times of war is gone. She is left penniless. Forced to earn a living for herself and the kiddies, she accepts a position as chorus girl in "Big Ed" Morton's theater. In her innocence, she does not understand the meaning of Morton's attentions to her. Jimmy has been assigned as fireman to Morton's theater. Helen and he have become fast friends, and spend many evenings together, enjoying the pranks of the kiddies. He welcomes the opportunity of being near her at the theater. Morton has invited his friend, Harrigan, the ward leader to the theater. In a rage, Jimmy watches their ugly advances to Helen. Harrigan embraces her and whispers an insulting offer, Jimmy springs upon him and soundly thrashes him. Morton, attempting to assist Harrigan, also feels the force of Jimmy's wrath. In revenge, Harrigan exerts his political influence and secures the discharge of Jimmy from the fire department. Morton, enraged by the failure of his aim, discharges Helen. Little Lizette, searching for her doll, sets the house afire and before long the frame structure is a mass of seething flames. Jimmy, returning from a search for work, sees the fire, and with the instinct of a true fireman and heedless of his own safety, he rushes into the building. Jimmy is in the hospital. In saving Helen and the children, he has been injured, but not without reward. His bravery has won back his position in the department, and more important yet, it has won him the love of Helen. Jean and Etien are returning and soon the little family will be together to see the beginning of a journey which will take Jimmy and Helen through a happy life, made beautiful by an undying love.
- In the midst of a country divided, a diverse group of women and non-binary individuals unite through the historic power of music to create a movement ignited by song.
- Old English song scene: "Come Landlord" "My Bonnie"
- Jones' wife, mother-in-law and brother-in-law go to the seashore for recreation, leaving Jones alone in town. After a time he receives a letter from his wife saying she intends staying on, but is sending her mother and her brother home to keep him company. He is so disgusted at this that he overlooks a letter from his niece out west saying she is going to pay him a visit, and rushes from the house with his umbrella. Turning a windy corner he is run into by Mazie, a chorus girl, whose umbrella has turned inside out. The rain descends in torrents, and he gallantly lends her his umbrella and takes refuge in a nearby doorway. Mazie tells her experience to her associates and finding his name and address on the handle of the umbrella, decides to return it in person. Jones' mother-in-law and brother-in-law have just returned from the seashore. She finds his niece's letter and at once decides that she would be a splendid match for her son (the niece being an heiress in her own right), and telegraphs Jones' wife to return and help arrange the match. Meantime Mazie calls and returns Jones' umbrella. The mother-in-law finds Jones with a strange young woman and demands an explanation. Jones, panic-stricken, introduces Mazie as his niece from the west. The mother-in-law at once proceeds to make Mazie feel at home and tries to fix up the match for her son. The real niece arrives upon the scene and as her is warmly welcoming her, he is caught again by mother-in-law and on being cornered, not daring to tell the truth while Mazie is still masquerading as the niece. He introduces his real niece as the butler's wife. Algy, the brother-in-law, proposes to Mazie, who, thinking him a wealthy young man because of his surroundings, promptly accepts him, and they hurry out to get married. As Jones is trying to straighten matters out with his niece his wife walks in and catches him in the act. Finding himself getting deeper and deeper into the mire, he decides to make a clean breast of everything and tells his wife that the young woman is his real niece from the west. The mother-in-law denies this, but Mazie, returning with hew newly wedded husband, soon straightens matters out, and they finally succeed in obtaining forgiveness and a blessing from Algy's mother.
- An eccentric artist attempts to direct his first ever film, but his pretentiousness leads to a disaster of a set.